Do You Eat of the Tree of Life in Paradise?

“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.” (Revelations 2:7)
The “paradise of God” mentioned in verse [...]

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Do You Have an Ear to Hear and Obey?

“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches…” (Revelations 2:7)

Jesus makes this statement at the end of his message to each of the Churches of Asia: “He that hath an ear, let [...]

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Only True Love Will Keep You Away From “Free-Love”

“But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.” (Revelations 2:6)
Who were the Nicolaitanes? Historians describe them as a short lived sect in the early days of Christianity that promoted promiscuous sexual relationships amongst its believers – in other words, a “free-love” spirit. But Revelations is a spiritual [...]

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What Happens When the Caldlestick is Removed?

“Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou [...]

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Has the Candlestick Been Removed From Your Heart?

“…or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.” (Revelations 2:5)
As stated in earlier posts, the candlestick represents the light of the [...]

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Are You Fallen from Your “First Love”?

“Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works…” (Revelations 2:5)
Jesus told them they needed to think back to point from where they had fallen – and he had already told them in the verse 4 where that place was: “thou hast left thy first love” (see the previous post: [...]

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Have You Left Your First Love?

“Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.” (Revelations 2:4)

To sum up the problem: they were doing all the right things, but no longer for the right reason. Their first love, the motivating force behind doing the right things, had changed. It had shifted to [...]

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Without Love – Our Labor is Vain!

“And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.” (Revelations 2:3)
Twice he emphasis their labour and patience: here and in the prior verse. The Church in the beginning was a hard laboring people who also had the ability to endure patiently the hardships and persecutions.

“For the kingdom [...]

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“Trying” the Spirits and Knowing Who is True

“I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them [...]

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To Ephesus, From “Who Walketh in the Midst of the Seven…”

“Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;” (Revelations 2:1)
Of all of the seven churches of Asia, Ephesus is addressed first, and Ephesus has the most mentioned about it in the [...]

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